Chapter 16 Motion sickness
The next day, Liu Xiaoe and Lin Shu got up early and said goodbye to the Ding family after breakfast. Ding Zaichun sent them to the side of the road with half a bag of lotus roots to wait for the bus.
These lotus roots were dug by two cousins of the Ding family in the swamp field a few days ago. They used some for the full moon banquet yesterday, and the second aunt asked me to fill half a bag of about ten kilograms of lotus roots left over for them. They took it back to add some food.
In the morning, the bus was running from the county seat to the towns below, so they stopped the bus in the morning. There were still three or four seats in the bus.
Lin Shu knew that Liu Xiao'e was motion sick, so he helped her choose a seat by the window. As soon as she sat down, before she could wave to Ding Zaichun outside the car, the bus started to start, and Lin Shu hurriedly waved out.
Seeing Ding Zaichun's response outside the car, Liu Xiao'e shouted out the window: "Brother Chun, please go back."
Sitting in the car feels safer than sitting on the roof. Lin Shu just sighed, It didn't take long to realize that something was wrong with Comrade Liu Xiao'e's face.
"Mom, this bus hasn't gone very far yet, you won't get motion sickness, right?"
Liu Xiao'e tried hard to adjust her breathing, "It's okay, I can still hold on."
Liu Xiao'e tried her best to ignore the fact of motion sickness and suppressed it all the way. She only stopped when the bus arrived at a village, and she broke through her defenses instantly.
"Ugh, vomit, vomit!"
Almost the moment the bus stopped, her head stuck out of the window, and then she vomited.
Fortunately, they were sitting on the right side by the window, so they didn’t have to worry about cars coming from behind.
Lin Shu patted her on the back and noticed the disgusted looks on the faces of the passengers in front and behind her, so she quickly apologized. After Liu Xiao'e had vomited completely, she handed her a water bottle with cold water in it.
“Rinse your mouth and wait until the car starts moving.”
Liu Xiao'e took a sip of water and said, "Oh, this car is really not for people to sit in. It's so uncomfortable."
The passengers in the front and rear rows darkened their faces after hearing this, "What you said, this car is not for people." Could it be that people are sitting on ghosts?”
The whole car was in an uproar.
Don’t say this nonsense, as it will offend the public.
"Sister-in-law, you have misunderstood. What my mother meant is that this car is not suitable for someone like her who gets motion sickness. It is uncomfortable for her to get motion sickness. She just sighed with emotion and had no other meaning."
Liu Xiao'e also patted her mouth lightly, "Comrades, it's me who can't speak. I just express my feelings for myself, nothing else."
The woman in the front row snorted coldly, but she didn't. Let’s talk about something else.
Next, Liu Xiao'e was really carsick. Whenever the bus stopped to pick up or drop off passengers, she would vomit. When there was nothing in her stomach, she would vomit acidic water. By the time she got down to the ground, her legs were already weak. .
Lin Shu moved her things out of the car and hurriedly helped her walk to the side of the road to sit down and rest.
People who suffer from motion sickness feel as if they are seriously ill while sitting in the car. As long as they get out of the car and take a rest, they will be able to recover and be active again.
Lin Shu looked at the bus that was leaving. Along the way, there were many people sitting on the roof. They were swaying left and right as the bus bumped. It was their fate to be able to reach the destination, but it was fate to not be able to survive. They were afraid of death. Unexpectedly, with a kick and a cloth cover, the whole village, old and young, was waiting for the food to be served.
"Mom, come and have a drink of water. Are you feeling better?"
Liu Xiao'e took a deep breath, "The fragrance of the vegetation in our rural areas nourishes people. Just smelling this makes people feel a lot more energetic. , I’ll take a break.”
“Then let’s go there. "One point, stay away from this road."
Lin Shu moved his luggage to the grass beside the dirt road and waited for Liu Xiao'e to sit down. "Mom, I have two meat tickets here. Sit here and rest and wait for me." , I went to the grocery store to see if there was any meat available.”
"We just had dinner at your second aunt's house. Can we buy some next time?" Liu Xiao'e was used to saving, and she habitually raised objections after hearing her words.
"We ate meat, but the rest of the family hasn't had meat for a long time."
Lin Shu trotted towards the grocery store.
Non-staple food stores in rural towns don’t have much meat every day. Most people rush to buy in the morning. It’s almost noon now, and I don’t know if there is still meat. When he turned the corner, he found that there were only a few people in front of the grocery store. Lin Shu trotted into the store. There were still a few pieces of hind leg meat and a pig's foot left on the butcher's chopping board.
"Comrade, how do you sell this meat?"
"Seventy-eight cents per pound, how much does it cost?"
Lin Shu lamented that the quality of meat now is good, there are no feed pigs, and the meat is cheap. The only restriction is to ask for meat tickets, take out a few from your pocket Meat coupons, "How to sell pig's feet?"
"Fifty cents a pound, no meat coupons."
Nowadays, non-staple food stores sell meat, and the parts that are difficult to sell, or the bones, large and small intestines and other internal organs, They are all sold as partners and not counted as meat tickets.
This was exactly what Lin Shu wanted, "Comrade, I have a pound of meat coupons here. You can help me weigh a pound of fatter meat, and give me this pig's foot as well."
"Okay."
One pound of meat costs one pound of meat coupons and seventy-eight cents. The pig's feet are a little over three pounds. Three pounds of meat costs one dollar and a half. Four pounds of meat in total, the whole family should be able to have a good meal. .
The butcher sold the meat tied with straw and threw it on the chopping board, "Comrade, I still have half of the pig head here, do you want it?"
"There is also pig head meat. Not finished today? ”
A chef with experience in selling meat will usually be able to finish all kinds of matching parts on the pig when the pork is sold out.
"I'm too lazy to talk, so I only have this little meat left. If you want this half of the pig's head, I can relax later."
Lin Shu watched the butcher selling the meat. Half of the pig's head came over and he swallowed. This thing is still edible, but it is too difficult to handle.
“How much does this cost per pound?”
“Two cents per pound.”
Well, it’s really cheap. You can just pull a few plantains in the wild and exchange for this half of the pig’s head. “Then weigh it for me and see how much it weighs.”
“Two and a half pounds, less than three pounds. Just give me fifty cents." The butcher saw that the girl was pretty, so he happily gave her only fifty cents.
Lin Shu rushed to the roadside with the pig head in her left hand and the pig's feet in her right hand. Liu Xiao'e saw the meat in her hand and felt dizzy again. She calmed down and then roared with anger: " "Youngest!"
"You really can't keep overnight food. Buy meat for a few taels." Just one pound is enough. If you buy so much meat, you have bought all the meat for this year. Aren’t you going to eat meat before the New Year?”
Lin Shu just ignored the roar of the Hedong lion. Hearing this, she noticed Lin Gang sitting on the grass, "Why did he come to the countryside?"
Liu Xiao'e felt pain in her chest now and was angry.
Lin Gang said with a piece of thatch root in his mouth, "I didn't mean to be lazy. Dad sent me to pick you up."
"Come to pick us up?" Lin Shu was quite surprised. She glanced at him and kicked the luggage on the ground, "That's right Okay, since you are here to pick us up, let’s get up and pick up the load quickly.”
The lotus roots given by my second aunt were packed in sacks. I was planning to carry them back, but now I have bought a few kilograms of meat, which can be picked up with sticks. , hanging meat on one end and sacks on the other.
Lin Gang looked at the burden with a sad face and wailed: "I traveled more than 20 miles to pick you up, and my legs are running thin. Little sister, can you bear to let your third brother carry the burden?"
"It's okay if you don't choose. Don't eat it when you go back to stew the meat. I bought pig's feet to prepare the lotus root stew."
After hearing this, Lin Gang glanced at the meat in her hand and was so greedy. Eyes glowing green.
Lin Shu took a panoramic view of his expression and said with a smile: "I took a lot of old lotus roots from my second aunt's house this time. This kind of lotus root stew is the most delicious, powdery, waxy, and absorbable. The fat of the pig's feet is oily but not greasy. The lotus root soup has the aroma of meat and the umami and sweetness of the lotus root."
"Stop talking, I'll take the responsibility!" Lin Gang thought to continue listening! , his saliva is about to overflow.
(End of this chapter)